Lindenhurst Village is looking for more peace and quiet and is seeking it through a proposed expanded noise ordinance that would regulate more than a dozen types of sounds. Village officials would ...

DELCAMBRE, KATC - Police in Delcambre are now using decibel meters to crack down on excessive noise, following years of complaints from frustrated residents. Starting this week, Delcambre police ...

HOT SPRINGS -- "Plainly audible and disruptive" is the standard that determines if noise is a nuisance or unreasonable under the noise ordinance the city adopted in 2001, a determination made by ...

IndyCars produce sound levels averaging 110 to 120 decibels (dB) at 50 feet, peaking at 130 dB during full-throttle passes at 240 miles per hour, comparable to a jet engine at takeoff, driven by their ...

For Mayor Brett Smiley, noise is a more-than-$100,000 issue. Add up the loud cars and motorcycles, leaf-blowers, nightclubs and concerts, and you get an earsplitting headache that the mayor hopes to ...